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Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.

Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.

Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.

The infant Moses is brought before Pharaoh's daughter. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of the chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.

The child Aaron being led away by Moses' father, after abandoning Moses in the bullrushes. Etching by C. Bouzonnet-Stella, 1672, after N. Poussin, 1654.

Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux.

Histoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés ... / par J.-F. Terme ... et J.-B. Monfalcon.

Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

The lost children : a study of charity children in Ireland, 1700-1900 / Joseph Robins.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell.

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Child, Abandoned

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Images about Child, Abandoned

Works from the collections

Histoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés ... / par J.-F. Terme ... et J.-B. Monfalcon.

Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

The lost children : a study of charity children in Ireland, 1700-1900 / Joseph Robins.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell.

Child, Abandoned

Images from the collections

Images about Child, Abandoned

Works from the collections

Histoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés ... / par J.-F. Terme ... et J.-B. Monfalcon.

Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

The lost children : a study of charity children in Ireland, 1700-1900 / Joseph Robins.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell.

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